Aaargh! Öf course if they weren't available, they wouldn't be bought and they are most definitely not NEEDED. I know you know this, I just want to scream a little. There is a case for having some things for special and they are only special when they are limited. I won't be buying HT buns until the week before Easter. Fruit buns exist all the time and that's fine but hot cross buns are for Easter.